Being a pleasant day I decided to take a few moments and enjoy lunch with a couple of my workshop participants at a picnic table outside the conference center. During our pleasant conversation I noticed two workers at the edge of the grassy area next to a gentle brook. One was digging a foot deep hole every few feet. The other was following him a short distance behind filling in the fresh holes.

I approached them to offer a couple of cool bottles of water. Granted, it was more out of curiosity than generosity. They were extremely grateful for the beverage and were quite pleasant in return.

“I am curious,” I began. “Just as diligently as you are digging the holes he is filling them in. It does not look like you are putting anything in the holes.”

“We are not,” said the gentleman filling in the holes.

“So why are you digging the holes just to have them filled in again?”

“Wow, I can see how silly that must look,” one said, wiping sweat from his forehead. “The reason is very simple.”

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